Kilbeggan 21 Year Old Limited Release
Kilbeggan · Kilbeggan Distillery (formerly Cooley Distillery)
Twenty-one years of patience have produced an Irish whiskey of uncommon refinement. The oak integration is masterful—present but never domineering. This is a contemplative pour for evenings when you want the glass to hold your attention.
Nose
Elegant honey and dried apricot open the glass, with soft vanilla, a touch of almond, and a refined woody depth. There's a faint ethereal quality—almost waxy—that speaks to its age.
Palate
Silky and poised. Butterscotch and peach dominate the early palate, giving way to clove spice, gentle malt, and a surprising hazelnut richness at mid-palate.
Finish
Long, graceful, and quietly woody with lingering honey and a final almond note.
- Distillation
- Column and pot still distillation
- Maturation
- 21 years in ex-bourbon barrels
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- No
Food Pairing
Aged Gruyère with honeycomb and toasted walnuts
Drawn from stocks distilled at Cooley in the early 2000s and matured in Kilbeggan's stone-walled warehouses, one of the oldest licensed distillery sites in Ireland, operating since 1757.
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